JimmyJam 542 #1 Posted December 12, 2019 Has anyone custom built an one-seat sulky? I am trying to figure out some plans to give to my welder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,288 #2 Posted December 12, 2019 @Stepney Spenser had one a while back that I've seen pictures of. Never in person. I seem to remember that being basically a transmission and seat assembly with some sort of bar bolted to the front of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,789 #3 Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) Chiming in to follow Jimmy and some ideas for ya. Plan to make one myself someday cept a two seater... We use them a lot at shows. This one used to be what we think to be off an old Gravely b-hind. Dan @Achto found it for dirt cheap. He added the basket for small stuff. Last pic is an old homemade brush hog I am going to try and convert to one. What would be cooler than a sulky with ags! Edited December 12, 2019 by WHX24 8 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,288 #4 Posted December 12, 2019 Jimmy did you have anything in particular in mind to use for a seat? Axles? Footsteps? Stuff like that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyJam 542 #5 Posted December 12, 2019 15 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Jimmy did you have anything in particular in mind to use for a seat? Axles? Footsteps? Stuff like that... Axles will be just a straight rod with footrests. Something similar to pic, but shorter with obviously different hitch setup. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,789 #6 Posted December 12, 2019 Looks alot like the one I'm on.... same foot rests. Just a drawbar hitch. After we got it we saw the same ones crop up at show flea markets so they must have been a popular Gravely option. Maybe old WH floor boards, some trailer fenders, little storage box under the seat??? A grab handle for the missus is a must for those sharp turns! Cat's meow would be some sort of suspension or what I was thinking a old skool sprung buckboard style seat??? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyJam 542 #7 Posted December 12, 2019 @WHX24 I like your thinking!!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mickwhitt 4,593 #8 Posted December 12, 2019 I'm looking to build a sulky for my two wheeler pedestrian tractor. Really simple frame, no suspension and fairly chunky turf wheels and tyres. I will sketch out a bit of a plan but tend to make things up as I go on. Mick 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,789 #9 Posted December 12, 2019 We probably have more fun on these things than we have a right to! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stepney 2,325 #10 Posted December 12, 2019 I've had three. Two were built on Gravely frames and had wooden boxes on the rear, looked identical. The third was a 'modified' 867. 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyJam 542 #11 Posted December 12, 2019 @Stepney Question: What does Gravely's use as a seat support??? Flat thick steel bent? All your pictures have people on them so I can't see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stepney 2,325 #12 Posted December 12, 2019 They were the only photos I could find. The frame was about 1.5" steel pipe with a T at the back for the axle. The seat was suspended off a Z shaped wide tractor seat spring type of arrangement. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyJam 542 #13 Posted December 12, 2019 @Stepney I kinda thought it was a flat bar steel in a Z formation. What about this spring type? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stepney 2,325 #14 Posted December 12, 2019 9 minutes ago, JimmyJam said: @Stepney I kinda thought it was a flat bar steel in a Z formation. What about this spring type? Now it's been a lot of years butr maybe it actually was C shaped like that. That looks identical to what mine started as. I added the boxes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyJam 542 #15 Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) @Stepney I like the adding box idea. There's a seat spring for sale, thinking of buying it. FYI: that sulky pictured is selling for $200 with local pickup about 400 miles away. Hmmm???? Fabricate? or pickup? Thoughts??? Edited December 12, 2019 by JimmyJam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,789 #16 Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) You can kinda see the seat support in this one. I would think you could make a little platform for a RJ/Suburban seat spring tho. Holy crap 200 ?!?!? I think we paid like 40 bucks! Edited December 12, 2019 by WHX24 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pacer 3,168 #17 Posted December 12, 2019 Cant be much simpler to adapt this trailer dolly from HF.... 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stepney 2,325 #18 Posted December 12, 2019 I agree. I think I paid 25 bucks for each of mine and they are very simple. I had way more in the tires then I did the units.. A few pieces of steel and black iron pipe, and you'd have one pretty cheap. I think I sold mine for 75 each all done over and they were hard to sell. I had more in the tires again.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,493 #19 Posted December 12, 2019 32 minutes ago, pacer said: Cant be much simpler to adapt this trailer dolly from HF.... That’s not much of a seat... But seriously, could also use a cheap hand cart as well... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,508 #20 Posted December 12, 2019 2 hours ago, WHX24 said: I think we paid like 40 bucks! That's exactly how much we paid for that one. Just added a hitch that would work better on a tractor & the box. Had the box on hand & the hitch was made from scraps that I had laying around so total out of pocket $40. I think we saw some of those sulky's for sale at tractor shows for around 50 to 75 bucks. One thing to consider @JimmyJam, a two seater sulky will not take up much more room that a single seater. Here is a pic of one of the two seaters that my dad built. Complete with cup holders and under seat storage, I want to build another 2 seater this winter, maybe with a built in cooler under the seat. Still working on the plans. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikMacMike 479 #21 Posted December 14, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 3:47 PM, WHX24 said: You can kinda see the seat support in this one. I would think you could make a little platform for a RJ/Suburban seat spring tho. Holy crap 200 ?!?!? I think we paid like 40 bucks! The $200 one I bet had the upgrade.....Beer cooler for a 24? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
